Air-ship.



W. G. PERRY.

AIR SHIP.

APPLICATION FILED APB..16,1909.

937,956. Patented 0ct.26,1909.

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AIR SHIP. APPLICATION FILED APB..'16,1909.

Patented Oct-26, 1909.

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Qbitnuan I i I v v I vCH WILEX G, PERRY, OF LUTHER, OKLAHOMA.

AIR-SHIP.

speeificationof Letters Patent Patented Oct. 26, 1909.

Application filed April, 16,1909. Serial N 0. 490,328.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that: I, lVILnY C. PERRY, a citizen of the United ,States, residing at Luther, in the county of Oklahoma, State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and 'seful lmprovei'nents inAir-Ships; and I do hereby declare the following to bea .full,

clear, and exae'tdeseriptionofthe invent-ion, 'such'as w llenable,others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same. a

The 1I1V8l1tl0n relates to aerial nav gators and more particularlyto the class of air ships.

The primary object of theinvention is the provision of the air ship embodying a gas bag or holder, oppositely disposedv .windv dc fieetors arranged 'on both' sides. of the. said gas bag or holder in suehla manner relative thereto that thenay igableefiiciency of the air ship as a wholeisconsiderably increased and means arranged within the said wind defleetorsltoeffect the ascent and propulsion,

of the said airship.

- A further object of the., inyention is the revision of an air ship in whiehthe gas iia or balloonis mounted between opposed de ector means which latter serve to. force.

the air downward duringthe ascending of the ship, means so arranged in .the deflector means for propellingihe ship whileq nthe air, and means for guiding ,theshi p in varying courses when traveling inthe air.

Afurtheryobject of the invention is the provis on of an air. ship} of}, this character which is simple 5 in, constructiom thoroughly efiicient 1n operat on, durable and. mergpen:

' sive in the manufacture.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction, combination ,and' arrangementof parts as will be hereinafter more fully describedin. detail, illustrated in .the accompanying drawings which disclose the preferred form of embodiment of the'invention to. enable those .skille'din the art to practice the inyention,

and as brought out inthe claims, hereunto appended. It beingunderstood ,of eOurSe,

that changes, variations and. modifications.

may be made such as come properly within thescope of the claims hereuntog'app ded without departing from the'rspirit .of the invention or sacrificlng any of tsadyantages.

In the drawings :F igure -1 is a side ele vation of the mvent1on. l ig. 2 1s a topplan view. Fig. 3 1s a transverse. sect onal view.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4-4 of F1 2. I

t nnllar reference characters lndlcate corresponding parts throughout the several views in. the drawings.

In the drawings thenumeral 5 designates a gas bag or holder of the air ship and the same is preferably of approximately cigar shape. as illustrated thoughit may be of any other shape found desirable without involving departure from the scope of the invention; mounted atthe reantapering end ofthe 321K], gas bag or holder 5, are rad ally.

, vided into aplurality of compartments, sev

eral. of which serve to accommodate and house passengers during theflight of the ship and the remaining compartment which latter, is located centrally of the car is utilized'for the engine room or the operators quarters. The Said car 7 is'suspended from the gas bag. or holder byv cable connections-9, although it may beiconnected in a suspended manner by other suitable means aswill be foundnexpedient.

At opposite sides of the gas bag or holder 5, and eontiguoustherewithare--.wind deflector shells 10, theisame being mounted upon the top of the car 7, and extend from the forward end thereof rearward-1y longitudinally over onehalf of the-length of the same. The said shells 10, areof a forwardly tapering formation so as .to. provide exposed curved surfaces 11, which will serve to deflect the air upon the ascending of the air ship and also during course of forward travel thereof will afford the least possible resistance tothe saidship and thus increasing the navigable efficiency thereof in its flight.

The outer side walls ofthe deflector shells 10,,at the rear extremities thereof are cut awayas at 12, and rising in spaced relation to each otherwithin the said shells are spaced vertical bearings 13, in which are journaled longitudinally disposed rotatable shafts 14, the same supporting radially disllf) posed curved propeller blades 15, which latter impart travel and the necessary speed to the. air ship;

Within the'car 7 are mountedmotors 16,-

the same bein of any well known type and the driving shafts 17 of which have con- .nected thereto sprocket wheels 18, over which are trained sprocket chains 19, the latter also 'trained over sprocket wheels 20, fixed to the longitudinal shafts 14:, so that through the medium of these motors rotary movement can be imparted to the latter shafts for actuating the propeller bladesfor giving flight to the air ship.

Mounted in a bearing standard 21, at the forward end of the car 7, is a rudder blade 22, the latter adapted to be operated by a shaft 23, which extends n to the car to enable the manipulation thereof by the 'oper-' ator. I

What is claimed is 1. An air ship comprising a. gas, bag, a car J suspended by the latter, forwardly tapering shells at opposite sides of the gas bag and at the forward end of the car, each of saidshells having an open side wall and pro-'' she ls atopposite sides of the gas'ba an the forwar at the forward end of the car, each of said shells having an open side Wall, propeller blades arranged within the shells, and motor means actuating said propeller blades. a

3. An air ship comprising a gas-bag, a car 5"" sus ended by the latter, forwardly taperin at the forward end of the car, each of said shells having an open side wall, propeller blades arranged withinthe shells; motor 40'- means actuatlng said propeller blades, and rudder means isposed at the forward end of said rear.

- 4. An air shi comprising a gas bag, a car suspended by t lolatter, forwardly tapering 4o shells at opposite sides of the gas bag and at end of the car,-each of said shells having'an open side'wall, propeller blades arranged within the shells, motor means actuating said propeller bla'des,[rucl-v der meansdisposed atthe forward end of said car, and radially disposed fins on the rear end of the gas-ba In testimony whereoE-I afiix my signature, in presence of twowltnesses.

WILEY o. PERRY.

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J. T. ARMSTRONG, J OI IN BEDNAR. 

